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-M. C. PADGETT.

HAT.

No. 579,603. Patneed Mar. 3o, 1897.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 579,603, dated March30, 1897. Application filed August 12,1896. Serial No. 602,583. (vNomodel.)

` citizen of the United States, residing at Augusta, in the county ofRichmond and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Hat, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hats, being especially designed for childrensuse; and the object of the invention is to provide a sectional hatcomposed of a number of separable pieces which may be taken apart andlaid out fiat, whereby the hat as a whole is adapted to be laundered,thus rendering the purchase of incre than one hat in a single seasonunnecessary.

lVith the above general object in view the invention consists in a hatembodying certain novel features and details of construction, ashereinafter particularly described,illustrated in the drawings, andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a hatconstructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2

' is a plan view showing` the several segments which together constitutethe rim of the hat. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the crown-sections.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in theseveral figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, thc rim of the hat is composed of four (moreor less) seg- :ments 1,0f textile material, preferably of some stifffabric having sufficient body to insure the preservation of the shape ofthe completed hat. The segments l are preferably formed with roundedouter edges 2, radial side edges 3, and curved inner edges 4, to whichare stitched or otherwise secured reinforcingstrips 5, forming also thesweat-hand of the hat. Along the radial edges 3 the segments l areprovided with perforations or eyeletholes G, the eyelet-holes of onesegment being located opposite those of the adjacent segment and adaptedto receive suitable ties or cords 7, by means of which the segments areinterconnected to form the hat-rim. These ties or cords may be providedwith tassels or other ornamentations.

The outer portion of the rim-segment edges is deflected away from aradial line, whereby a iiaring space is provided between adjacent edgesof contiguous segments, and these edges when drawn together give theproper set or curl to the rim.

The hat-crown is composed of four (more or less) sections'S, having fivesides. Each of said sections is creased intermediately on the line 9 toform the edge of the crown, thus dividing the section into a rectangularportion l0, forming a portion of the side of the hatcrown, and atriangular portion 1l, forming a portion of the top of the crown. Thetriangular portions ll all center at a common point and are connected bya suitable tie or lace 12, threaded through perforations 13.Corner-ties` la pass through perforations 15 at the corners of thecrown, and other ties 1G pass through perforations in the lower cornersof the sections S, and also through perforations 17 in the rim-segments,thus uniting the crown and rim.

The crown-sections S are provided with other perforations 18, throughwhich pass ties or laces, the saine extending through the perforationsat the inner corners of the rim-segments for still further assisting inthe union of the crown to the rim, after which the ends of the ties areextended through the perforations or eyelet-holes in the outer cornersof the rim-segments, thus fastening said corners together and renderingit possible to draw said corners inward to any desired eX- tent forgiving a jaunty appearance to the finished-hat.

From the foregoing description it' will be seen that the several pieceswhich forrn the hat may be readily disassociated, washed and cleansed,ironed out straight or Iiat, and then again associated. A neat andattractive hat for children is thus made, and the same is adapted to belaundered, thus rendering the purchase of more than one hat in a seasonunnecessary.

It will be apparent that changes in the form, proportion, and minordetails of construction niay be resorted to without departing from thespirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is l. In ahat, the combination of a crown, a separable rim composed of a pluralityof segments having their meeting edges formed on radial lines for ashort distance from their inner edges, thence deflected for theremainder of their length toward their outer edges, forming flaringspaces, and fastenings detaehably connecting the segments and drawingtheir opposing or meeting ends together, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

2. A hat comprising a eroWn composed of a plurality of sectionsdetaehably connected together, a rim Composed of a corresponding numberof segments arranged to break joint with the Grown-sections, andfastenings detaehably Connecting the rim-segments together and to thecrown-sections, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 1n y own I have heretoaflixed my signature in the presenee of two Witnesses.

MARION C. PAD GETT.

Witnesses:

W. E. RIVERS, JAS. E. DEAs.

